Diminutive in stature and with a soft cooing voice, Truman Capote was an unexpected celebrity in an era of strict masculine ideals. His sharp wit set him apart, first as a gossip columnist and then as ...

"I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict, I'm a homosexual, I'm a genius," was the way author Truman Capote described himself. But vivid characterizations mentioned by others in the new documentary, The ...

But Capote was adamant that his own blend of “immaculately factual” reportage and fictional techniques represented the discovery of a new form, and this insistence tallied with Capote’s “quest to be ...